1696 – Andres de Sola, Spanish composer, dies at 61
1730 – Jan Palfijn, Flemish physician/inventor (forceps), dies at 79
1793 – John Michell, English seismologist (b. 1724)
1821 – Thursday October Christian, son of Fletcher Christian (leader of the historical mutiny on the Bounty), dies at 40
1899 – Heinrich Kiepert, German cartographer/geographer, dies at 80
1924 – Eleanora Duse, Italian actress (La Gioconda, La Locandiera), dies at 64
1978 – Sandy Denny, country singer, dies at 37
1985 – Tancredo Neves, president-elect of Brazil, dies at 75
1989 – James Kirkwood, American actor, author and playwright (A Chorus Line, P. S. Your Cat Is Dead!), dies of cancer at 64
2006 – TelĂȘ Santana, Brazilian football manager (b. 1931)